109.A Wild Guess
时间：2019-01-03 作者：英语课 分类：英汉幽默故事选读
Our physics professor was struggling to draw the class into discussion of Archimede's principle of water displacement 1. He told us that Archimede noticed that when he got into a pool at the public bathhouse, the water rose spilling over the edge. Excited at his discovery, he ran down the street yelling, "Eureka, eureka!" The instructor 2 asked if anyone knew what that meant.
One student stood up and answered, "I'm naked ! I'm naked!"
Notes:
(1) draw the class into discussion引导全班讨论
(2) principle n.原理
(3) displacement n. 排水量
(4) spill v.（指液体或粉末）溢出；洒出
(5) yell v.叫；喊
Exercises:
根据短文回答下列问题：
① What subject did the prefer teach?
②Z How was he trying to draw the class into discussion?
③ Where was Archimede having a bath?
④ What did he notice when Archimede was having a bath?
⑤ What does "eureka" mean?
109.奇猜异想
我们的物理教授千方百计引导我们讨论阿基米德的排水原理。他告诉我们阿基米德去公共浴池洗澡，他进入池子，发现水涨高了，溢出池沿。他对这一发现十分激动，跑到街上高叫：“Eureka，Eureka！”教授问我们谁知道他喊的是什么意思。
一个学生站起来答道：“我光屁股啦，我光屁股啦！”
练习参考答案：
① Physics.
② He told a story about Achimede.
③ At the public bathhouse.
④ He noticed that when he got into the pool, the water rose spilling over the edge.
⑤ It means "I have found it"
- They said that time is the feeling of spatial displacement.他们说时间是空间位移的感觉。
- The displacement of all my energy into caring for the baby.我所有精力都放在了照顾宝宝上。
- The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
- The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。